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Police are appealing for witnesses after a 29-year-old Asian man was subjected to racist abuse as he walked through an underpass that connects Bradley Stoke with Stoke Gifford.

It happened at about 7.30pm on Thursday 5th July in the Winterbourne Road underpass, between Huckley Way and Oxbarton.

A group of about seven young people were in the underpass and one young man shouted racial abuse. He was described as black, aged about 18, about 5ft 7ins tall and of slim build with an Afro hairstyle.

The suspect was with a group which included a white man of a similar age, who was about 5ft 9ins tall, with blond hair and two young women, also white. The man who was abused described being followed a little way but then left alone.

Neighbourhood officers are investigating, and anyone with any information which could help is asked to get in touch through www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/ contact, or by calling 101, quoting reference 5218149148.

Alternatively, ring the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. They never ask your name or trace your call.

Local police say they are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery in the Bradley Stoke area last weekend.

The incident happened between 10.30pm and 10.45pm outside 55-57 Oaktree Crescent on Saturday (8th March) when a man approached a number of Asian people and was racially abusive and threatening before asking them for money.

When they refused, he threw the contents (beer) in a can or bottle he was holding, over them. Nothing was taken during the incident but it was viewed as an unpleasant and unprovoked attack.

The suspect is described as a white man, who was wearing black shorts and a black hooded top and black cap.

Officers say they are keen to hear from anyone who was in the area at the time of the incident who may have information to help with enquiries or might have seen someone matching the description of the suspect.

Anyone able to help is asked to contact the hate crime unit at Staple Hill police station on the force number 101, quoting reference 24042/14.